The First Crypto-Conservative Carnival

[I'm floating this up to the top periodically, just to keep it in people's minds.]

Okay, I think I've got it. Working through Blog Carnival, I've set up a Crypto-Conservative Carnival. My goal in this first edition is to have people submit posts describing their political conversion to conservatism and, if appropriate, their reason for electing not to go public with this transformation. (Because, after all, this is not just about neocons, but about crypto-conservative neocons.) Please don’t feel limited to crypto-conservatism, though. I’m finding interesting any stories that would, in elementary school, have been titled “How I became a neocon.”

I'm hoping to run the Carnival on July 4, so am requesting that submissions come in by June 25 (please note that this date is earlier than the July 1 date I’d originally requested). You can find a submission form here. Also, it's obvious that the best carnivals are those that are well-publicized. If you think this will be interesting, even if you won't personally be submitting anything, please use your blog to let people know about it.

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Strange. I lived in Orange County for several years as a Democrat, and had to hide that from my overwhelmingly GOP clients. When I converted to conservatism … voting for Reagan … it was like a coming out, with nothing to hide. I even got gifts! Oddly, all were elephants.

Crypto-Cons….. what a great word. They/we are very different from neo-cons.

Crypto-cons… we’re trusted by neither side.

Conversion stories might not be applicable. People like me have found themselves excommunicated from the liberal ranks because we dare to stand up against Islamofaschism, and dare to breathe something positive about the President. Meanwhile the conservatives don’t reallly accept our/my views on social issues, when life begins, separation of church and state, homosexuality, and a wide spectrum of issues… so not really a convert.

But Crypto-con… like the Marranos of 15th Century Spain, we publicly live politically correct lives, and secretly practice what our consciences dictate.

Most conservatives love separation of church and state, at least the meaning that Jefferson used when he wrote a letter assuring one of his religious groups that the wall will protect religions from being oppressed by the government, and prevented from exercising free religion because the government wanted people to pray in a specific way or not pray at all.

Conservatives are BIG fans of separation of church and state, what they are not, are fans of atheism and a State Religion called The Church of Separation between Church and State

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